Dual Panel1Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Hanani <02607> received <01961> from <05921> the Lord <03068> this message <01697> predicting Baasha’s <01201> downfall <0559>:
2“I raised <07311> you up <07311> from <04480> the dust <06083> and made <05414> you ruler <05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>. Yet you followed <01980> in Jeroboam’s <03379> footsteps <01870> and encouraged my people <05971> Israel <03478> to sin <02398>; their sins <02403> have made <03707> me angry <03707>.
3So I am ready to burn up <01197> Baasha <01201> and his family <01004>, and make <05414> your family <01004> like the family <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028>.
4Dogs <03611> will eat <0398> the members of Baasha’s <01201> family who die <04191> in the city <05892>, and the birds <05775> of the sky <08064> will eat <0398> the ones who die <04191> in the country <07704>.”
5The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Baasha’s <01201> reign, including <0834> his accomplishments <06213> and successes <01369>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
6Baasha <01201> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in Tirzah <08656>. His son <01121> Elah <0425> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.
7The prophet <05030> Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Hanani <02607> received <03027> from the Lord <03068> the message <01697> predicting the downfall of Baasha <01201> and his family <01004> because of <05921> all <03605> the evil <07451> Baasha had done <06213> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>. His actions <04639> angered <03707> the Lord (including the way he had destroyed <01961> Jeroboam’s dynasty <01004>), so that <0834> <05921> his family ended up <05221> like Jeroboam’s <03379>.
8In the twenty-sixth <08337> <06242> <08141> year <08141> of King <04428> Asa’s <0609> reign over Judah <03063>, Baasha’s <01201> son <01121> Elah <0425> became king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>; he ruled in Tirzah <08656> for two years <08141>.
9His servant <05650> Zimri <02174>, a commander <08269> of half <04276> of his chariot force <07393>, conspired <07194> against <05921> him <01931>. While Elah <08656> was drinking heavily <07910> <08354> at the house <01004> of Arza <0777>, who <0834> supervised <05921> the palace <01004> in Tirzah <08656>,
10Zimri <02174> came in <0935> and struck <05221> him dead <04191>. (This happened in the twenty-seventh <07651> <06242> year <08141> of Asa’s <0609> reign over <04428> Judah <03063>.) Zimri replaced <08478> Elah as king <04427>.
11When he became <01961> king <04427> and occupied <05921> <03427> the throne <03678>, he killed <05221> Baasha’s <01201> entire <03605> family <01004>. He did not <03808> spare <07604> any male <07023> <08366> belonging to him; he killed his relatives <01350> and his friends <07453>.
12Zimri <02174> destroyed <08045> Baasha’s <01201> entire <03605> family <01004>, just as <0834> the Lord <03069> had predicted <01696> to <0413> Baasha <01201> through <03027> Jehu <03058> the prophet <05030>.
13This happened because of all <03605> the sins <02403> which <0834> Baasha <01201> and his son <01121> Elah <0425> committed <02398> and which <0834> they made Israel <03478> commit <02398>. They angered <03707> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> with their worthless idols <01892>.
14The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Elah’s <0425> reign, including all <03605> his accomplishments <06213>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
15In the twenty-seventh <07651> <06242> year <08141> <08141> of Asa’s <0609> reign over <04428> Judah <03063>, Zimri <02174> became king over Israel; he ruled <04427> for seven <07651> days <03117> in Tirzah <08656>. Zimri’s revolt took place while the army <05971> was deployed <02583> in <05921> Gibbethon <01405>, which <0834> was in Philistine <06430> territory.
16While deployed <02583> there, the army <05971> received <08085> this report <0559>: “Zimri <02174> has conspired <07194> against the king <04428> and <01571> assassinated <05221> him.” So all <03605> Israel <03478> made <04427> Omri <06018>, the commander <08269> of the army <06635>, king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> that <01931> very day <03117> in the camp <04264>.
17Omri <06018> and all <03605> Israel <03478> went up <05927> from <05973> Gibbethon <01405> and besieged <06696> Tirzah <08656>.
18When <01961> Zimri <02174> saw <07200> that <03588> the city <05892> was captured <03920>, he went <0935> into <0413> the fortified area <0759> of the royal <04428> palace <01004>. He set <08313> the palace <04428> <01004> on <05921> fire <0784> and died <04191> in the flames.
19This happened because <05921> of the sins <02403> he committed <02398>. He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> and followed <01980> in Jeroboam’s <03379> footsteps <01870> and encouraged <06213> Israel <03478> to continue sinning <02398>.
20The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Zimri’s <02174> reign, including <0834> the details of his revolt <07195>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
21At that time <0227> the people <05971> of Israel <03478> were divided <02505> in their loyalties. Half <02677> the people <05971> supported <0310> Tibni <08402> son <01121> of Ginath <01527> and wanted to make <04427> him king <04427>; the other half <02677> supported <0310> Omri <06018>.
22Omri’s <06018> supporters <0310> <0834> <05971> were stronger <02388> than those <0854> who supported <0310> <0834> <05971> Tibni <08402> son <01121> of Ginath <01527>. Tibni <08402> died <04191>; Omri <06018> became king <04427>.
23In the thirty-first <0259> <07970> year <08141> <08141> of Asa’s <0609> reign over <04428> Judah <03063>, Omri <06018> became king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>. He ruled <04427> for twelve <06240> <08147> years <08141> <08141>, six <08337> of them in Tirzah <08656>.
24He purchased <07069> the hill <02022> of Samaria <08111> from Shemer <08106> for two talents <03603> of silver <03701>. He launched a construction project <01129> there <02022> and named <08034> <07121> the city <05892> he built <01129> after <05921> Shemer <08106>, the former owner <0113> of the hill <02022> of Samaria <08111>.
25Omri <06018> did <06213> more evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> than all <03605> who <0834> were before <06440> him.
26He followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> and encouraged <02398> Israel <03478> to sin <02398>; they angered <03707> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> with their worthless idols <01892>.
27The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Omri’s <06018> reign, including his accomplishments <06213> and successes <06213>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
28Omri <06018> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in Samaria <08111>. His son <01121> Ahab <0256> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.
29In the thirty-eighth <08083> <07970> year <08141> of Asa’s <0609> reign over <04428> Judah <03063>, Omri’s <06018> son <01121> Ahab <0256> became king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>. Ahab <0256> son <01121> of Omri <06018> ruled <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> for twenty-two <08147> <06242> years <08141> in Samaria <08111>.
30Ahab <0256> son <01121> of Omri <06018> did <06213> more evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> than all <03605> who <0834> were before <06440> him.
31As if following <01961> in the sinful <02403> footsteps <01980> of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> were not bad enough, he married <0802> <03947> Jezebel <0348> the daughter <01323> of King <04428> Ethbaal <0856> of the Sidonians <06722>. Then he worshiped <05647> <01980> and bowed <07812> to Baal <01168>.
32He set up <06965> an altar <04196> for Baal <01168> in the temple <01004> of Baal <01168> he had built <01129> in Samaria <08111>.
33Ahab <0256> also made <06213> an Asherah pole <0842>; he <0256> did <06213> more <03254> to anger <03707> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> than all <03605> the kings <04428> of Israel <03478> who <0834> were <01961> before <06440> him.
34During <03117> Ahab’s reign, Hiel <02419> the Bethelite <01017> rebuilt <01129> Jericho <03405>. Abiram <048>, his firstborn son <01060>, died when he laid <03245> the foundation <03245>; Segub <07687>, his youngest <06810> son, died when he erected its <05324> gates <01817>, just <0834> as the Lord <03068> had warned <01696> through <03027> Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126>.